[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil":3,"chapter-you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-315":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","You were told to build a tractor, but you're building a rocket?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1305868,1735,"Chapter 315 - 308 Base Trivia_1","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-315",315,"\u003Cp>\"So this is not a technical issue, but an economic one, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Liaofu muttered to himself, a situation he had experienced all too often and one he could easily accept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, he was very clear about New Yuan’s financial situation. \"Mountain and Sea\" held all secrets of New Yuan, allowing the executives to check the real income and expense status each year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overall, New Yuan Aeronautics was in a barely profitable state, with the largest portion of research funds from other organizations costing the base very little. However, due to the need to integrate with society, various expenses were still substantial, and New Yuan had always been relatively generous to its suppliers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The income from tourism flights was considerable, barely maintaining daily operations, but there were fewer satellite launch orders. Internationally, there were various factors that made it difficult to get contracts, and domestically, there was significant competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aerospace administration now had reusable rockets, and several private space enterprises also had them thanks to acquisitions. New Yuan had willingly given away some of its external commercial satellite launch contracts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The direct revenue from space operations came only from tourism flights, selling some components, and patent licensing, which was enough to make ends meet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The real major expenses were mainly covered by Xin’an Automobiles and Yellow River Semiconductor. The former’s 2016 financial report had not been released, but after reserving necessary funds for Xin’an, transferring less than 10 billion to the base should pose no problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xin’an was in a period of rapid expansion and in theory, shouldn’t even be distributing dividends. Besides, only the base needed funds, and the other major shareholder, Southern Automobiles, held firm. They saw Xin’an more as a back-up and a source of new technologies and were not in a hurry to take money out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Yellow River Semiconductor and the ternary technology it controlled were still in a loss-making state, but once the ternary ecosystem was established, it would inevitably become a highly profitable industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adding to this the technological advantages held by the base, it could optimistically expect to receive 20 to 30 billion in funds annually without affecting operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without that, there was still the 10 billion from the 2016 fiscal year-end bonus research funds, so the disposable cash flow was currently at 20 billion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, maintaining the operations of a base with over 8,000 people cost an astronomical sum daily, not to mention various construction plans; it was only just enough if no major new initiatives were added this year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 5 billion investment in the lunar space station could be completed by New Yuan in just three to five months with all guns blazing, at most half a year, posing a significant disruption to the expenditure plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ju was constantly visiting the Aerospace Development Committee; much of his time was spent pondering how to expand the space market, as nurturing the market was essential for extracting funds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The popularity of space tourism was bound to decline as other global players deployed various spacecraft; wealthy individuals couldn’t afford to splurge millions of US dollars every year just to take a spin in space. Unlike buying mansions and luxury cars, which were investments, this was spending real money frequently and was unsustainable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fostering the market also meant mining the market—after the business with the millionaires and multimillionaires willing to spend was completed, they could move on to clients who could spend a million, hundreds of thousands, or even tens of thousands of US dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each reduction in the price, the number of potential customers would expand by ten or even dozens of times, allowing for sustained or even increased profits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was predicated on the precondition of first driving down the entire aerospace industry’s costs, or else it would destroy the market and become the public enemy of the sector, a counterproductive move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Transferring technology and finished products were not acts of charity but reminiscent of how developed nations provided various aids to the third world, ultimately nurturing local purchasing power to dump industrial products and achieving monopolies for maximum profit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same applied globally; it wasn’t about showing the industry peers a performance so advanced that they couldn’t even see the taillights or feel any hope of catching up. Instead, it was about guiding them to invest heavily and marketize, first creating demand, then using it as a driving force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If these insider plans were made public, perhaps the outside world could understand the enormous pressure New Yuan was under every moment, and be moved by Mr. Lin’s patience and resilience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ju thought somewhat shamelessly to himself and got lost in thought for a while before coming back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem, if we’re going to do the lunar space station, we must meet the requirements. We cannot limit our vision to the Moon, so the 5 billion in basic investment cannot be reduced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, unless we find new sources of income or get project funding from the state for a joint venture this year, we cannot proceed. I have already decided to mainly develop the robotics project this year, which will likely require an investment of 5 to 10 billion. Half of it can be solved with system funds, but we really can’t take on any more major projects.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Changsi said, \"So either we don’t build the lunar space station at all or we build a good one. If it really doesn’t work out, we’ll only launch a simple space station of about 15 tons, and including the launch costs, it must not exceed two billion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Liaofu nodded gravely. This year’s budget had been planned out, making it indeed difficult to incorporate additional plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, that’s about the family district outside the base...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before he could figure out how to express his thoughts, Lin Ju unintentionally offered a solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh... Scientific research costs money, but luckily, there are things that don’t cost money. I ran into Boss Xu last time I was in Beijing, and he gave me a few villas in the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I plan to distribute them to other executives and senior technical personnel. Although we don’t care about living conditions, normal people still need to be treated with dignity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Lin Ju had finished speaking, Ye Changsi had no objections, his current interests lying in the stars and physics, but Xie Liaofu’s reaction was somewhat unnatural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually... I’m a normal person too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ju: ?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on, come on, wasn’t it enough for you to wreak havoc once? Warrior One, a perfectly good work robot, has been turned into a steel soldier by you guys, and we still have to figure out how to write a restriction program. Do you know how much work is involved in that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, don’t restrict it, that’s exactly what we want.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Colonel Yao Ke, in charge of the defensive operations near the base, was being forcefully pushed out by the head of the base’s Microelectronic department, Zhang Yu, but his body stood firm like a tower, leaving the latter somewhat helpless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secretly adding personal stuff to the learning database of \"Brave\" wasn’t entirely Colonel Yao’s fault. At that time, Zhang Yu was also eager to collect motion data from excellent soldiers, and the guards around the base were from the special service bureau, ensuring their reliability. There wasn’t a rule that only motion data should be learned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when the military had the whim to stealthily funnel a variety of military knowledge into \"Brave\", Zhang Yu couldn’t protest because the collaboration wasn’t exactly against the rules, and... the data was something the base was struggling to obtain and they were quite interested in researching it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conversation went off track for just a few minutes before quickly returning to the main topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yao Ke: \"Although Warrior One’s operational time is not yet sufficient for combat, we hope to have it undergo military training, so that if battery technology makes a breakthrough, it can immediately be converted into combat power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time of the air show, the military was actually taking a wait-and-see approach to both Warrior One and the \"Brave\" AI, as the capabilities displayed were pretty much in line with the research the military was conducting. They were just a little interested in the learning-type AI.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after the Microelectronic department applied for a massive amount of data for learning, the progress of \"Brave\" was astonishingly fast, reaching inconceivable levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the military’s internal simulations, equipping a squad of 8 soldiers with one Warrior One could increase comprehensive combat capability by over 50%, and casualties could be reduced by up to 80%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many dangerous tasks that were limited to soldiers could now be assigned to robots, and this was also a heavy blow to enemy morale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, no matter how expensive a robot is, as long as the factory is running, they can be produced continuously. Boy scouts need at least twelve years, how many humans are willing to trade their life for a hunk of steel?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu: \"This will probably have to be reported to the higher-ups. You should’ve told us earlier. We could have split ’Brave’ into two different paths sooner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yao Ke: \"But it was that one shot from Warrior One that helped us secure funding of up to 10 billion Yuan for this project, and we can add unlimited funds as well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The tactical and strategic value of Warrior One is beyond your imagination, it’s not just about replacing soldiers on the front lines.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu: \"Alright, you can just apply directly to the company. Please leave for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yao Ke: \"Leave? But what I see is that you’re about to start training for Warrior One’s movement and action, this isn’t a secret, right? Don’t we usually work on this together?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu: \"Indeed, there’s no secret here, but I still wouldn’t recommend that you watch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he even finished speaking, Yao Ke’s gaze was drawn to Warrior One, which had already started its training. But this time, the training ground wasn’t filled with various obstacles, rather it was a flat surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warrior One walked to the center and then, with a light jump, assumed a provocative stance with hands on hips and head bowed, the upper body bending forward in an extremely seductive twist, with the thigh-wrapping joints pushing upward and back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the opening move of K-pop dance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yao Ke stared, dumbfounded, as Warrior One performed various flirtatious moves on the spot, moves that you’d only see in girl group music videos. The two-hundred-plus kilogram steel body moved with surprising agility, as if possessed by a girl group member.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This, is this also part of the training?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu, expressionless: \"The Forward Space Station has gravity, and in a gravitational environment there are significant physiological needs to consider. During months-long stays or voyages, loneliness must be addressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, one of ’Brave’s’ development directions is to alleviate loneliness, and we are testing this feasibility. As for the Food and Health Department, they are developing skin-like touch materials. This is a high-priority project for the base.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yao Ke opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing, leaving the base silently with an indescribable expression on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, every time he recalled Warrior One’s seductive moves contrasted with its rugged steel body, Yao Ke couldn’t help but get goosebumps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having been in the military for ten years, he had seen a lot, but using the most expensive intelligent machinery for humanity’s most primal desires was indeed beyond his imagination.\u003C\u002Fp>",1929,"2026-06-05T18:20:54.444Z",1,"novelbin.me","de7c30e48f82d4a1dbc66124525563ec8dc1a10a37787b3f27897941e4cd44f3","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-316","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-314",804,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyou-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-cover.jpg"]